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'''Edward Makula''' (4 July 1930 – 15 January 1996) was a Polish [[Gliding|glider]] [[aviator|pilot]] and [[engineer]].<ref>[http://www.szybowce.enter.net.pl/nav_em/notka_em.htm Obituary by Jan Kaczmarek & Małgorzata Makula] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070624224614/http://www.szybowce.enter.net.pl/nav_em/notka_em.htm |date=2007-06-24 }} (in Polish) - accessed 2001-01-21</ref>

He won the 1963 [[World Gliding Championships]] in [[Junín, Buenos Aires|Junin]] (Argentina) in a [[SZD-19 Zefir|SZD-19 Zefir 2]]<ref name="SSA: World Soaring Champions">[http://www.ssa.org/UsTeam/ust_champs.htm World Soaring Champions listing by the SSA] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080115024303/http://www.ssa.org/UsTeam/ust_champs.htm |date=2008-01-15 }} - accessed 2008-01-11</ref><ref name="SSA: World Soaring Championships 1963">[http://www.soaringmagazine.net/UsTeam/adobe%20pdf/1963%20WGC.pdf SSA: World Soaring Championships 1963] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724071811/http://www.soaringmagazine.net/UsTeam/adobe%20pdf/1963%20WGC.pdf |date=2011-07-24 }} - accessed 2008-01-11</ref> and established 7 world records.<ref name="FAI records">[http://records.fai.org/pilot.asp?from=gliding&id=2759 FAI: records by Edward Makula] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608182958/http://records.fai.org/pilot.asp?from=gliding&id=2759 |date=2011-06-08 }} - accessed 2008-01-11</ref>
In 1965, the  [[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]] (FAI) awarded him the [[Lilienthal Gliding Medal]].<ref name="FAI Lilienthal Gliding Medal">[http://www.fai.org/awards/recipient.asp?id=747 FAI Lilienthal Gliding Medal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015184157/http://www.fai.org/awards/recipient.asp?id=747 |date=2007-10-15 }} - accessed 2008-01-11</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em 0; background:#f9fcff; font-size:90%;"
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! style="background:#cde;" colspan="6"| World Gliding Records by Edward Makula<ref name="FAI records"/>
|- style="background:#def;"
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!category
!achievement
!course
!glider
|-
|16 August 1955
|single place gliders
|speed over a triangular course of 200&nbsp;km: 67.304&nbsp;km/h
|[[Lisie Katy]] - [[Przepalkowo]] - [[Zblewo]] - Lisie Katy (Poland)
|[[SZD-8 Jaskółka]]
|-
|31 July 1972
|two place gliders, crew: John Serafin (USA)
|speed over a triangular course of 300&nbsp;km: 113.72&nbsp;km/h 
|[[Douglas County, Nevada|Douglas County]], NV - [[Bridgeport, California|Bridgeport]], CA - [[Rawhide, Nevada|Rawhide]], NV - Douglas County, NV (USA)
|[[Caproni Vizzola Calif|Caproni Vizzola Calif A-21]]
|-
|4 August 1972
|two place gliders, crew: John Serafin (USA)
|speed over a triangular course of 500&nbsp;km : 101.18&nbsp;km/h
|[[Douglas County, Nevada|Douglas County]], NV - [[Susanville, California|Susanville]], CA - [[Old Lovelock, Nevada|Old Lovelock]], NV - Douglas County, NV (USA)
|Caproni Vizzola Calif A-21
|-
|6 August 1972
|two place gliders, crew: Hugo G. Taskovich (USA)
|speed over a triangular course of 100&nbsp;km : 130.73&nbsp;km/h
|[[Minden, Nevada|Minden]], NV - [[Dayton, Nevada|Dayton]], NV - [[Valley View, Nevada|Valley View]], NV - Minden, NV (USA)
|Caproni Vizzola Calif A-21
|-
|8 August 1972
|two place gliders, crew: John Serafin (USA)
|out-and-return distance: 718.2&nbsp;km
|[[Douglas County, Nevada|Douglas County]], NV - [[Darwin, California|Darwin]] Airport, CA - Douglas County, NV (USA)
|Caproni Vizzola Calif A-21
|-
|20 July 1974
|two place gliders, crew: Adèle Orsi
|speed over a triangular course of 500&nbsp;km : 114.86&nbsp;km/h
|[[Douglas County, Nevada|Douglas County]], NV - [[Chalfant, California|Chalfant]], CA - [[Gabbs, Nevada|Gabbs]], NV - Douglas County, NV (USA)
|Caproni Vizzola Calif A-21
|-
|24 August 1974
|two place gliders, crew: John Serafin (USA)
|speed over a triangular course of 300&nbsp;km : 122.06&nbsp;km/h
|[[Minden, Nevada|Minden]], NV (USA) - ...
|Caproni Vizzola Calif A-21
|}

Edward Makula was an uncle of the glider [[competition aerobatics|aerobatics]] champion [[Jerzy Makula]].<ref name="Filmografia: Jerzy Makula">[http://www.filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php/4212749 documentary WNIEBOWZIĘTY (in Polish)] - accessed 2008-01-11</ref>

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